1. O rider of the lean camel crossing
Below Al Udhayb on a covenant and calves,

2. Convey to Khafaja on my behalf if you pass by her,
And call upon her though she may not answer the caller's call,

3. May Allah disappoint those who hope for your generosity,
How you deny me my hopes and greed,

4. And the love of Huwaina and your cousin
Is flung into the field of humiliation with clamor,

5. You thought glory was neglected troops
And a few for which the herdsman cried out in its outskirts,

6. May Allah terrify you if you reward
Anyone except with a slaughtering sword like a cutting star,

7. I am the son of one who left no hoard for his heir
Except for steeds and a brown-skinned one with commotion,

8. Dani, the hamlets, the wolf does not censure his company,
Nor settle upon anxiety and cravings,

9. My crime to the people is that I have not borne for them
A submissive heart or a palm that does not conceal,

10. And they denounced me with agonizing ills
And an anguish that hides between my ribs,

11. It is not for them when I say in euphoria,
O morning rain give drink to the plain of the dunes,

12. Yes, I love Sulayma so shun my torment,
For the heart is my heart and the agonies are my agonies,

13. And if passion calls me I shall answer its call,
For love is the most honorable I have answered from a caller.